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understand the

it wanted him to understand the
cause OF his sorrow.
Suddenly the animal Strengthened its
ears and began to grOwl. SOMEBODY
had entered therOom next to Polyte's.
The child heard a heavy step, a voice
(Robert's) speaking loudly, then a
whisper, followed by a cry halfsmoth-
cred, and the noise OF a slight struggle.
The dog made a jump and opened
widely the door that al not locked.
Polyte saw his hated Robert stand
ing near his mother, who hid her face
and protested with great vehemence.
The intruder had buried the old year
too gaily; in his half drunkenness he
had thought himself entitled to a kiss
from Mrs. Sigault as a New Years
present.
Polyte was on the eve OF speaking,
when his dog, sociable only with him
and his mother, rushed on the man
and bit him cruelty.
1t needed all the strength OF Polyte,
who shook with anger, to make the
faithful animal let go his hold on
Roberts leg. The boy and the man,
brought face to face by the incident,
ElCII CN ~ CdSAO IlICl' 4NOOCl NCGCCGOu
i'll the eyes of the child his firm will to
retain his mothers heart. He was
not q bad man, that Robert, only a
little vain and ~braggart, q true
Partisan. Noticing the mistake done
by him, he Redeemed, stammered and
saluting low, he departed.
The next day as Theresa awOke aft
er a bad nights sleep. Polyte entered
her room like a bombshell, having in
his hand a letter just given to him by
the janitOr Of the house. He threw it
on his mothers bed unable to articu,
late another word but Pa-pa!-Pa-
pa!
And this blessed letter, that the
child had not hesitated to recognize as
having been written by his father,
reads as follows:
DEAR WIFE: am in the military hos.
pital Of %Spaudan in Germany. | have un.
dergone a irightful operation on the head.
l { am informed by the medical authorities
OF the hospital that | have remained sense
less over one year; they call my Us with
a Greek or Latin name.
| have suffered very much, but now the
physicians told me hat l will be well again
in q few weeks.
Good bye, dearest. I hope that the rig.
ID sentry has performed his duty to your
utmost satisfaction. kiss both OF you Il
million times. Your husband and father.
JOHN SIGAULT.
After the reading OF the letter
from his father, Polyte did not
wait long. AS he was a progressive
man and an economical by he glided
on the banister to the street, ran to
the nearest telegraph Office and sent
thefollowing messages, short and g
To John Sigault, Military Hospital,
Spaudan, Germany: Yes. POLITE.
What JOY! Come home soon. THERESA.
A month after the child was relieved
from his sentry duty by his father, and
with that my story ends.
Perhaps, dear reader, you want to
know what became of our little Polyte
He is yet standing sentinel as fifteen
years ago; this time it is for our
country. Lieutenant in the marine in
fantry, he commands an advanced
post in Tonquin, where in two years,
he has won his golden epaulettes and
Cross of the Legion of Honor.
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Marriage With.

A man VINO applied 70 she GoIHSy
Clerk Martin for q marriage license
the other day was so nervous that ne
forgot the name of the woman whom
he was about to marry, and had to
go to her house three times before he
could remember her namelongeno ugh,
to tell it to the Clerk. Each time he
went to the house she had to repeat
her name over to him several times,
and as soon as he reached the Clerks
office he could not remember it, until
at the end OF the third trip, by a
strong effort he managed to think of
the name.-Santa Cruz (Cal.) Sem
tinel.
This story originated in another
locality, but they lOcalizeit in Georgia
now. A fair and buxom widow, who
had buried three husbands, recently
went with a gentleman who in his
younger years had paid her marked
attention, to inspect the graves of her
dead departed. After contemplating
them in mournful silence she murmur.
ed to her companion: "Ah, James,
you might have been in that row now
if you had only had q little more
courage"
"Get married, Charlie, get married.
One never knows how cheaply he can
live with a good, economical vile until
he tries it. Why, when l was married
l couldn't even support myself, while
now well? Nov my wife sup
ports me. 1t is cheaper for me than
being single. "-Rambler.
A newly married couple in Washing
ton, d. c., live in a cottage six feet
eight inches wide by twenty feet long.
1t is love in a cottage with a YEN
geanCe.-Exchange. Pray where is
the vengeance? In that little box
there is no room for anything but love
TO come mn. o. Picayune.
Little Dot-Mamma, can I get mar
ried to Dick when Igrow up? Mamma
Why, | suppose so, pet, if you want
to. II fink it will be a good plan"
why" cause we can get all our
QIarrelin' Over while we's little."-
Omaha World.
Little boy pulls q reveller in a sa-
loon by the coat tail.
"What do you want, Tommy"
"COme home, pa. Ma has been
waiting with the poker for you for the
last two hours. Texas Siftings.
"Well, I declare" exclaimed Mrs.
McSwilligan, eff one of those Chicago
anarchists isn't going to be married.
Think it's a rank shame" $50 do l."
replied the husband. II think hang
ing Is punishment enough for him"
cat what age should a man marry?"
asked an old beau of a charming
young lady on whom he inflicted his
company.
She smiled sweetly as she replied;
Not in his dotage. detroit Free
Press.
A maiden lady says that if single life
is bad it stands to reason that double
life must be twice as bad. But ladies
rarely understand Mathematics
Scranton Truth.
The cost tor the cigars and whisky
OF the average man would buy his wife
@ three hundred-dolla sealskin sacque
but it doesn't.-Burlington Free
Press.
Dreadful thought What if marry
ing by proxy should become POPULAR
Who would be safe?-Boston Herald.
II matrimony is regarded as a cite
up" divorce may be designated as q
strike Inter-Ocean.
@
Mammas can always marry oftheir
daughters by q little clever man-ipu.
lation.-N. o. Picayune.
She was @ very pert miss once, but
marriage tanned her and she is an ex-
pert.-Exchange.
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The OId sOuthern Gentramnn

t&Nht ri H'
%~SShtastJs S5Tysspehdence-N N. Il stax
There is something pathetic. IN g.
appearance habits and mode oflisa u
81 certain type of the scrtherpas
stranded here, Right here I must NJ
that the Colonel" who infests tbs
corridors Of the hotel is not nv mar
On the contrary, he is altogether !
different sort of character. He il Il.
conventional and unfashionable Ia !
degree in his dress, and will probablv
wear. q little one side, a slouched bat
caved in on top, pulled down in front
and pulled up behind, to the end ofh;s
days. A silk hat to him is suggestive
OF q negro minstrel band paradino
the town or q drummer for a
paper-colar company. He wears (
black silk tie from n generation II
another, and wore o ruf1ed shirt.
bosom in his youth. His. coat Is Al.
ways a double breasted black broad.
cloth, with trousers to- match, ard
both garments looked we'll worn and
ill fitting. Nothing would induce him
to wear his coat buttoned IN. and
his vest never is entirely b~uttoped
His linen is always clean, his voice
quiet and low, and his manner il 4
quaint mixture of old fashioned defer.
ence and gallantry.
Nothing could be more, dolipbtfyN
than his manner to women. II thew
were so many valuable p~eachblow
vases he couldn't exhibit greater care
and appreciation OF their persons
wishes and characters. Hisreyerenee
for the pettiCoat isa reIigionwith him
His prehistoric compliments and de.
terential bearing when in their com.
pany is q relic of the Chesterfield era
Of department. He goes but little in,
to society and looks upon it as a
well-dressed mob only. Now and
then he will be 9 at a reception.
looking very shy and lonely, while the
fashionable whirl is surging 8
him, and he will make a few depreca-
tory, nervous efforts to take q hand
in the exercises, but will end by slip
ping out as quietly as he slipped il.
He may have been in Congress and GER
tainIy was in the war, and his record
is brave and clean. He is ALWAYS
''kin to the quality" where he came
from. Hehas, however, long since drift
ed away from his former provincial
moorings, and been washed ashore
and may be wrecked here, where his
friends, his cousin, the Senator, or his
nephew, the member, or his class.
mate at West Point or the universe.
ty, has secured him a snug head of a
bureau or chief of division place III the
department OF exterior or senile ser.
vice.
, He lives in, q pretty little house in
an out-of-the-way quarter, oblivious
of the questionable neignborhood
and Indifferent to the halloWed ground
of the British Embassy and its power
to give him caste or tone. His circle
is small, his recreations few. A visit
now and then to the Virginia Springs,
where he meets an army OF kin and a
regiment of people who have the high
est regard for him and fancy him q
great Washington magnate seeking re-
pose from the Titanic intellectual
combats with the great Of the land,
with whom he is supposed to enter
tain the closest and most ehnm.lkaA
relations, when, in fact, he has long
since lost sight OF them all.
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PrussIa.s Richest Man
Berlin Dispatca to the London Daily Ies
egraph.

Berlin Dispatca to the London Daiiy ~
egraph.
The official incomertax returns luss
published show that the msaI VITO y
rated highest in ali Prussia Is hsrt
Krlpp, Of Essen. His income IS OK
ssssed at more than s 900, 600 marks
or $3.50, 900, on which he pays lol'
200 marks, or E7,560 annually.
Next comes Baron Rothchild, q
Frankfort.on-the Main, with an u,
come OF 2, $50, GOO, paying o tar g
$1,000 maras, or G4,,o50 per annnlus
Then follows the British Consul zen
eral, Baron Bleichroder, Of Berlin,
with an income of about 2,340, NV
marks, paying an annual tax Of oo.
400 marks, or E3,420. The two mex
richest men in Prussia are two cis'
sian ironmasters. The only otnsL
Prussians with an income o. over
1,OO0, 900 marks are Baron Hanse'
mann and a Westphalian magnass.
each Of whom pays rather more thNs
E1500 asyear into the treasury
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
Buying High Grade Mares.

There is a good deal of activity among
the horse breeders of the northwest, III the
purchase of high grade Clyde and Perch
eron mares. Many are taking advantage
Wisconsin and Iowa, consequent upon the
scarcity of food, present and prospective,
and are purchasing literally. These mares
are or will be bred to full-blood stations.
The Of portunity is q good one. A gen
tIeman from Dakota who called 1T the st.
Paul Farmer office, had in transit W cal
loads of these mares for his home ranch.
He had purchased them at about one-half
the price asked for similar stock last year.
Mr.. A. K. Barnum, seven miles north OF
St. Paul, has brought in a car load OF
three-quarter Percheron mares that We're
purchased near Bloomington, Illinois
They ere animals of superior merit.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
REDUCTION WORKS.

Il is now generally agreed in min
ing circles that Montana needs badly
several reduction works, which, like
those at Denver and Pueblo, would
smelt pres purchased from the
miners. The determination to estab-
lish such works here has given q
strong impulse to like projects in
Boulder, Missoula and elsewhere.
The works here will not depend en-
tirsly on ores bought in the open
market, but will derive supplies from
mine-owners who will be interested
in their success. As Don as the Mani
toba and Montana Central railroads
are open this year for traffic, q large
quantity of machinery will be brought
over them for the mines in question,
10 which President Hill, Col. Broad
Fatss and other prominent citizens
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST a., 1887.
WALTER III. ODwYER, Editor.
POPULAR ERRORS.

The popular errors regarding Mon
tana are fast disappearing. It was a
common notion that this territory has
good grazing land that cattle breed
ing should be left to other regions.
This assumption has been set aside
by the production at u stock. farms
Of cattle which can compare in excel
lence with those raised in any other
part Of the country. 1t is now con-
coded that in climate and grass, water
and soil, Montana possesses every
element required for the highest de-
velopment of cattle. In like manner,
the misgivings in regard to Montana
horses r giving way before the
feats accomplished by our trotters
and racers in competition with the
feetest animals raised in stables
where speed has long received the
closest attention in breeding. The
performance of Daniel B. at Butte
when he made a mile dash in 1:43
and that of Ida Glen at Deer Lodge
where she lowered the Montana re-
cord in the half mile dash to 4s
seconds, demonstrate conclusively
that the race horse of the future may
be expected to come from Montana,
where protiting by the experience OF
other horse breeders, our ranch men
will raise animals Of the highest
merit. It is gratifying to US to record
that these horses were raised in Cho.
teau county and were sired by GleI
Elm which is the property of Alexan.
der Werks of Chestnut, whose yea.
in horse-hreeding has thus beer
crowned with a double reward.
There are still some common er
rors regarding Montana lands which
we hope to 9 speedily removed
This will be done by actual facts wheI
the harvest is over and people can re
port faithfully what has been accom-
plished. In order that such state
ments may bear the stamp Of alb
solute accuracy we would counse
farmers to collect carefully all tn,
data they can, and make it known
promptly through their local journals
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
CORRECTED.

"Choteau county is q resort for
criminals and great credit is due Mr..
Smalley for efecting the arrest of SO
desperate a man as Patterson in that
locality. Had this paragraph APP
peared in some journal ofthe benight-
ed east we would not be surprised,
but we are astonished thai ii should
be printed by the Cheyenne Leader,
q live newspaper published in the
heart Of the Great West, at a city
which is the home Of cattle kings and
others who are well acquainted with
Montana. It's well known that Cho-
team county Is not 3 'sTssort for Grim
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
A BRIGHT OUTLOOK.

The Helena Herald outlines. the
prospects of Montana in connection
with the new railroads in gratifying
terms. 1t says: "It is very fortunate
for Montana that all our railroad en-
terprises are in hands that are push
ing them with unprecedented energy.
Instead of slackening their pace, con-
struction is going forward more rap
idly than ever before, and the close of
this season will witness the compile
ton of a greater mileage than any
other state or territory. There will
be a a complete revolution of things.
There will be a very few prominent
points in the territory that cannot be
reached by rail and rates Of travel
will be much reduced. The Bitter
Root valley, that wonderful and choice
garden spot of Montana, where all the
fruit, grain and vegetables can be
| grown to supply the whole territory,
will be open and accessible. Its set
Element will soon follow. If the In
treaties negotiated last winter by the
commission are ratified when congress
meets and the vast northern region
thrown open to settlement, there will
be aspeedy influx Of settlers through.
out a vast area which has heretofore
been only 2 nominal part of Montana.
Montana is getting ready this yeal
for a large increase of population
within the next four years. 1t would
not surprise us at all if Montana coulo
show population Of 100000 in 1890
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24

of Montana are interested. The de-
velopment of the mines by means of
this machinery will ensure q eontinu-
Gus supply of ore which will keep
the works busy while miners in neigh
boring as well as remote camps pre-
pare to avail themselves Of the faclli-
ties which Great Falls will afford as
an ore market. When miners find
that they can receive ready money
| for their ore, at rates based on the
assay value, they will have a strong
incentive to develope their Ore de-
posts as rapidly as possible without
waiting for capitalists to do so on
| large scale. In due time the latter
viii appear and will have to pay bet
ter prices for mines than il they had
come in before the hardy miners had
| demonstrated the richness Of the de.
posts.
As the stock of ores which nature
has provided is practically inexhaus
tible, Great Falls will be glad to SET
such works start up in Butte, Helena
Missoula, Boulder and other places
adapted for them. Each enterprise
will help the other as in. Colorado
where healthy rivalry encourages thu
miners and impels each works to EN-
ploy the most economical methods TO
the production of the preciou
metals.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
PROGRESS.

Apart from it's religious character
the dedication of the Presbyterian
church Sunday, Aug % will be a matter
of public interest to the people OF
this city, wherein the leading demon
nations are all likely to attain prom
Using growth. The opening of this
church marks a steady advance in the
general social progress of the city
since June 1886, when thirteen resi-
dents signed the covenant, which
| placed the members here in full, &C
tive communion with the presbytery
| of Montana. Since that time the
| thirteen - like the original states
| which were exactly Of that number
| have increased numerically and are
now in a position to dedicate an edi-
| fee which does credit to the city and
! will stimulate healthy rivalry among
| the other churches, nearly all OF
whom have selected the lots placed at
their disposal by the townsite COM
pany. This gratifying progress has
been accompanied by a display of
good feeling which imparts to it an
| additional charm. Perfect concord
dwells among the members of all de
nominations and sectarian lines are
ignored when they hold festivals for
the benefit of their respective church
building funds. 1t would seem as If
in presence of the great river, the
vast plains and lofty mountains mems
minds became b%roadened, leaving no
place ~foraseetarian rancor nor for that
strife which embitters life SO much in
the otherwise much favored territory
of Utah, .
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
Power of Flattery.

One of the bellies OF last season, only
recently married, has already changed
her maid four times. The fair lady is
exigeante to a degree, and woe betide the
luckless Abigail who fails to drape a
dress by the appointed time, OF who may
happen to be asleep when her mistress re.
turns in the small hours from a ball.
Maid No. 5 received a months notice one
day last week.
"You're so slow, l can't keep you any
longer"
But, madam pleaded the girl
French, of course-"fgure to yourself
that | am always thinking of your beauty
and your accomplishments. Therefore
my work is retarded"
Maid No. 8 got an old tailor-made
dress, an ivory brooch and a pair of boots
that very night. And she stays on
Iio,cn Topics.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24

The TRIP Of Senator Sherman and
other public men over the Canadian
Pacific will have the good result of
making them better acquainted with
the resources of the vast region be-
tween Manitoba and British Columbia.
The journey will also prepare them
for good reports from Montana when
next session she knocks at the door of
congress and demands the dignity of
statehood.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24

inals;" that the people are peaceable
and orderly and that the court cal
ender is always light and hasnotc con-
tanned a murder Indictment for years
It detracts nothing from tie energy
and efficiency of MI. Smalley to say
that he was perfectly safe here IN the
execution of his duty and despite the
good character which WILDER bore
here, public sentiment sanctioned his
re-capture under the convincing cir
cumstances made known by Mr.. Small
ley and Sheriff Black. We call upon
! the Leader to take back it's reckless
remark.
We COMMEND Will Hanks who left
| with Mrs. Hanks this afternoon for
Helena to the courtesy of the guild
of journalism in that city. He goes
there to enjoy the hospitality of the
| Montana Press Association and to
witness the splendors of the fair
week. He will readily make known
to all in quest Of knowledge the grow
ing greatness of the Cataract City
which he has seen advance from in.
fancy to vigorous youth.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-31
A Drug Clerks Awful Agony.

From the Chicago Herald.
al had O strange experience the
other night" said the clerk in a Ran
dolph street drug store recently. 81
was sitting beside the stove in sort
OF doze when the night-bell iingled
violently. The instant | opened the
door boy not yet in his teens Stun
bled into the store with q perscrip-
ton in his hand. 1t had been written
by prominent physician living on
Washington boulevard. More asleep
than awake, set about preparing the
Medicines task which consumed
fully half an hour. After the boy had
departed returned to my seat and
was Just falling into a deep sleep when
the thought that i had made a mis-.
take in the preparation OF the medi-
cine flashed through my mind. leap
ed to my feet as scared man as ever
lived. Selling the prescription, read
it over and over again, each time be-
coming more convinced that Ihadmede
most egregious. and perhaps fatal err
ror. No aconite had been prescribed,
yetmy thoughts and the moist plugi n
the bottle told me that the poison was
in the medicine. l darted out OF the
store in search the boy, whose name
did not know. but he was nowhere
to be seen. Returning to the store l
paced the floor like a mailman.
Unpleasant visions flashed before
my eyes, and was about to drop up
on the lounge in despair when the
bell began to tinkle again. | thought
my fate had surely come when Istart-
ed towards the door. Imagine my
surprise to find the very same boy
CRYING as though his heart would
break, and holding piece ofthe brok-
en- vial IN his hand.
"I-1-iell and broke the bot-the
'ad whimpered.
+" sY-e-e-s, sir =
'Hooray,' ] yelled, choking the
boy of and hugEing him to my breast.
may have acted like baby just
then, for kissed him again and again,
and squeezed him as though be had
been long lost child. When the a.
tonishod lad left the store this time
he clntched the pure. straight stun,
but wouldn't pass through another
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